News - UF Innovate

Sarepta Carries Lacerta Through $30M Round (Global University Venturing)

UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Lacerta Therapeutics, a US-based gene therapy startup of University of Florida, received $30m in funding from biopharmaceutical...

Oragenics, Inc. Resumes Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AG013 in Oral Mucositis Following Positive Routine Safety Review (Business Wire)

UF Innovate | Sid Martin alumni startup Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral...

AxoGen Invests $5M in Dayton, Ohio, Site for Expanded Operations (Dayton Daily News)

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum AxoGen, a medical devices manufacturer, has purchased a Vandalia building and land for $5 million...

Blood Test May Eliminate Need for CT Scans after TBI (Healio)

The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry studied the accuracy of a TBI diagnostic blood test created by UF startup and Sid Martin...

We Need to Solve THC Testing (The Daily Sentinel)

UF startup Cannabix Technologies gets a nod as “some light on the horizon” in this column by a Grand Junction, Colorado, attorney. My law practice...

Sarepta Dives Deeper into Gene Therapy (PharmaPhorum)

Sarepta Therapeutics has handed $30 million to UF startup and Sid Martin Biotech resident client Lacerta in exchange for a group of gene therapies, including...

Marijuana Breathalyzer Aims to Detect High Drivers ‘Without Unjustly Accusing’ (USA Today)

A 2017 survey by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) found that almost 70 percent of cannabis consumers drove high at least once in the...

Co.Accelerator: Giving Gainesville Start-ups a Helping Hand (WCJB)

A Gainesville business at UF Innovate | The Hub is providing start-ups with a place to seek mentorship and gain momentum for their business venture....

Breathtec to Open New Drug Development Division, Signs LOI to Acquire 100% of Clinical Stage Nash Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Globe Newswire)

UF startup Breathtec Biomedical Inc. is pleased to announce that it will be opening a new drug development division and has signed a Letter of...

AgroFresh launches FreshCloud (FruitNet)

AgroFresh Solutions, a global leader in produce freshness solutions, has announced the launch of its FreshCloud platform, a data-backed, insights-driven solution for monitoring the quality...

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